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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-08-06
MOLO.N,EY & STEAD,

MOLONEY & STEAD.
Attorneys at Lac.
LNINAL SETH EN- II NT.-EsrATE OF
JOSIAH W. DEAN, DECEAsED.-Notice il hereby
given to all persons interested said estate that the
undersigned Administrative Of the estate Of said Josiah
W. Dean, deceased. will appear before the Probate
Court of the county of La Sale and OF Illinois,
the County Court House. IN OTTAWA In said county on
Monday the 18th day of September. A. D. 1885, for the
purpose OF rendering account Of her proceedings In
the administration Of said estate for the final settle
ment
Dated at Ottawa this Sd day Of August. 1887.
LUCY ID. DEAN
ATTEST: HENRY HRLHIG. ADMINISTRATIVE
Clerk Probate Court, La Sale Co. H. aug6-3w
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-08-06

sNOsS'ooo -
l. JOHN r. Nash, Cashier of The First National Bank
OF Ottawa H." do sol 'mnly that the above state
ment 10 true to the best Of my knowledge and belief
j. Y. NASH. Cashier.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, .s
County oT Ia SIis,
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5h day OF
August, 1881 }. q. II NRRlS,
tsKALl Notary Public.
'''''''A'''''' S H% S S,!n SFSSssHxnll Directors
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
AIRS. M.4nApnur IN cH,c4cn

There is a woman on the West Side
who is the source OF infinite amuse-
ment to her friends and neighbors.
She is a great talker, but has the un-
fortunate habit of getting her words
and grammar badly mixed I had
heard of her popularity, and happen
ing to sit behind her in street car,
homeward-bound from shopping ex-
petition, Saturday evening, listened
while she was telling lady friend OPP
posite her where she had been and
what she had been doing during the
afternoon. She talked loud enough to
be heard all over the car; such folks
always do talk that way. II went for
to go to the French mo-dis-ty to git
fitted for stylisher gown" said she,
"but couldn't find 'er, to save my life,
till it was Almost time to go back home.
But did find her, finely. I told her
what 1 wanted, and, do you believe me,
she couldn't understand word I said.
She is very Frenchy, you l1now-one O.
them higlty-tighy sort. She don't
understand our languish, nor me- her'n.
So we had to have an
interpreter to do our talking, and
she's going for to make me a gown
that'll be just too killing for anything
silver and white blockade think
that is the name she called it-ani.
what do you think, it's going to be
trimmed with vermin!" I heard no
more. The conductor called out my
street, and went out in time to save
myself from fainting fit. Chicago
Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
THE CsIrI .dfERfC1N

There is an American in the customs
service Of China who is quite charac-
ter. His GOODNESS and assurance have
tried the patience Of Sir Robert Hart,
the Imperial Director of Customs, many
times these twenty years, but he is still
there. He never could learn Chinese,
and even when it was made imperative
that the cllsiom men should know the
language to some extent, he didn't learn
it. He was always doing sonnet hing
wrong Or against tie rules On one
occasion Sir Robert Hart was in Shan
CHA, and Walking down the Bend
he met I'm .amarican. whose post was
in a southern port. The American
saluted
"Wcll, sir, said Hart, "will YOU hayo
the goodness to explain why you are
not at your post in Amoy9"
Certainly, Sir Robert. 1 am travel
ing with No. mandarin on duty"
"You You can't be of much use.
How do you manage? You don't under
stand Chinese?"
"No; but 1 don't talk to him"
SLOW can you get on without talking
to hm?'
"Well, you see, Sir Robert, he's
dead
He was escortins the body Of dead
mandarin to his family place. - Sa1,
Francisco Chronicle.
Wind IND ENDEkANdE IN LOHG-D DIS
LANCE RUNNING.
The essential requisites of long.
distance runner are strong heart and
capacious lungs in broad, deep, and
mobile chest. The reason for this will be
apparent to those who understand the
physiology of exercise. To sustain
long-continued exertion latent energy
in the muscles used is necessary, and
also ready means of supplying these
muscles with an increased amount o.
oxygen while in action, and of carving
away the carbonic acid that result:
from the combustion in the tissues
Hence tho necessity OF breathing faster
while running than while walking, anG
unless this exchange Of gases can bf
carried on with sufficient rapidity ant
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
Il RNA~ nKIELH CHINESE sroRY


A Chinese tragedy, followed by jill
diciai proceedings and a remarkablc
all-round administration of rough JUS
tice, is reported in the latest budget of
news from the Celestial Empire. An
officer named Tclongo, hearing two OF
the soldiers Of his company guarding
about money debt, called them be-
fore him and questioned them respect
ing their unruly conduct. They re-
sentcd his interference and were fogged
for INSTRUMENTATION. One OF them, Yu-
ch'eng by name, aggravated his ofense
and incurred eeverer and repeated
punishment by two attempts to escape
the tioggine by running away. The Of
ficer Telengo himself administered ten
Of the strokes inflicted on Yu-ch'eng
because he considered that he was get
ting off too lightly. Poor Yu-cll'eng
was further reported to the general for
further disciplinary treatment. Here
even Celestial endurance was at an end.
The man electually ran away this time :;
he found permanent oblivion in an
overdose of opium. Then the officer
Telengo was tried. He was found
guilty of inHicting excessive punish
ment and was sentenced to be logged.
Ninety blows, or half those inflicted on
1u-ch'eng, were ordered. The man
who administered the tiogging was con-
demned to receive eighty blows; the
soldiers guarding the deceased to suffer
sixty blows; and Ss,,-hai, the man who
quarreled with the deceased, to endure
eighty blows. The report naively adds:
"Yu-ch'eng being dead, no further no.
tice need be taken OF his otfense, and
his debt to ssu-hai is extinguished. >
London Daily Ne,r#.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
SHE COULDN'T KNOW EVERYTHING.

She read Grotius.
Grew ferocious.
Disputatous
Ger Snlnlasious,
For this maid deep and learned and OK
ceedingly precocious.
She would throtas
Aristotle.
And Spinoza
Couldn't oppose her.
For her love streaned forth in torrents as from
an eXhaustless bottle
Seemed to rest her:
Long she'd road her
Thumb-worn Vcda,
But mere trifling benus and bonncts never
seemed to interest her.
She would cram her
Sansit Grammar.
And Greek articles
And particles
And in Mesopotamian patois she would cru
ditely stammer.
Lithuanian,
And Turanian.
AID old Tuscan.
And E:ruscan,
And tho prehistoric dialects Of the tribes OF An-
Gent Canaan.
Talk like fury
OF old Jowry,
Jnpnneses
And Chineses,
But she always thought Rhode Island was the
Capital OF Missouri.
Grccian numbers
In her sumb2rs
Mixed with Pancrit
And old Sansit.
But she thought that Andrew Jackson was the
brother of Columbus.
--YanEec Blade
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
TIE MaELSYROM.

There are a few things that never
fail to fasten the attention of a school
boy just learning something about the
wonders OF the globe we live on, and
one of these is the maelstrom. A tor
rible fascination surrounds that circling
and resistless current thatdra VS. every
thing down with remorseless fury that
comes whiting its restless sweep. The
biographies used to picture a vessel
with all sails bcnt-on getting out
whirling about in this far from merry
go-round, just about to dive into the
center of the watery chaos.
The boys in my school called it a
"mailstorm," and I associated it with
the dangers encountered in carrying
the mails across the stormy sea on that
account. It was said to inhabit the
coast of Norway, and I made up my
mind that if / should over have any
business to Transact i'll Norway 1 would
go there by land rather than run the
risk of being drawn into the maelstortn
in any ocean voyage.
My horror of tho maelstrom was fur
Their enhanced by reading in Sunday
school,book the sad story OF couple Of
naughty little boys whose parents lived
in the vicinity of this ocean terror
These boys had often been warned not
to go sailing unless their father was
with them, but they disregarded the
admonition one Sunday, and stealing q
slSiff they ventured out to fish. They
sailed gaily along for time, laughing
about the way they had fooled the old
folks, who supposed they were at Sun
day-school, but pretty soon they OBJ
served that the boat was moving with
accelerated velocity, and then it burst
upon their consciousness that they
were drawn into the maelstrom!
And they never got ont of it either.
Round and round they spun, like hobby
horses at the fair, until their heads
grew dizzy. Vainly they shrieked for
help, while their parents, who had
been attracted by the cries, stood on tho
shore wringing their hands, powerless
to afford them aid
This story made a des, impression
upon me, remember, so much SO that
didn't 60 out fishing ON the bay any
more Sundays for some time. l ished
| OFF the dock. -..
We don't hear anything about the
maelstrom nowadays. is that myth,
too, like the deadly Upas tree and the
Chinese Wall ?-Tcr0s Siftings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
IN OH ROMANCE.

A former Harrisburger, who once
held State Office and is now resi-
dent of Philadelphia, was lawyer by
profession, and, after leaving the service
of the State, he settled in county
which was then greatly excited over the
discovery of oil within its borders.
Here he hung out his Single and
waited for clients. Sometimes they
came, but often they didn't, and his
funds grew lower and lower until at
last it was q question of bread and
butter for him and his family. Sitting
in his Office one day with his head be-
tween his hands, cursing his hard luck
and wondering whether life was worth
living, not q cent in his pocket and
nothing to eat, he was disturbed by the
entrance Of an acquaintance, who
asked him to draw up an agreement re-
lating to the lease of some land and
the sinking Of All oil we'll.
"I'll do it if you'll pay me-" said the
lawyer.
Nov, see here" said the man, "you
know have no really money, but if
you draw up these papers I'll give you
an interest in the we'll.
81 won't do it," said the lawyer
bluntly; "you have no money and are
fast on the road to the poor-house. No
I won't help you!"
"But you must" persisted the man !;
"you can do it. It won't cost you q
cont and You must do it. Go ahead
now. Ii lose it is nothing out of your
pocket. Draw up these papers-you've
nothing else to do"
Well, the lawyer, to get rid of the
man, drew up the agreement and took
rs his pay an interest in the oil we'll
What happened?
The oil well was q gusher and the
thick. greasy fluid poured out over the
derrick and made the poor devils who
were putting down the we'll fairly howl
with slec. The lawyer was on hand,
just as excited rs Anybody else, and the
very first chance he got he sold out for
SIT, 900 cash. With his money in his
hand he fastened home and told his
wife of his good fortune and they both
rejoiced.
"And now, mother" said he to his
wife, "let's get out of this"
And they Lit out for Philadelphia.
Harrisburg Telegram
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
4 COnpLrrE sUcCEsy

Glow do you like your new type
writer - inquired the agent.
cts immense!" was the enthusiastic
response. Il wonder how / ever got
along without it?"
well, would you mind giving me a
little testimonial to that elect 2"
Certainly not; do it gladly"
So he rolled up his sleeves and in an
incredibly short time pounded out
this:
latter Using thee automatic Back
action atype writer for thre emonths
an Over. l unhesitattinggly pro-
nounce it promo nee it bs al I'D even
more than tn Manufacturers claim ?
for it. During the time been in our
possessio e. / til rec month ?! id has
more til an than paid for itself in the
Saveing OF time an d labrr"?
john 3 Smith.
"There you are, Sir"
"Thanks," said the agent, obviously.
-Ne,c York Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
PEcULI.4R1rIEx or R.4zoRs.

PECCLx.3RxxlES Or h.1"o"A'
BARRIERS declare that razors are eSe4
more capricious than tickle woman an9
gentlemen who shave themselves fc'|
ognize the individuality or idlosya]
Grassy of razors. Some razors neeu
rest after using, and no amount OF s'.Op]
ping will make them efficient uuls']
they are hundred, while Others WIN y y
the better if stropped immedla'0. y
after using: others require the eaSe ~
be put on before application. MAu -,
gentlemen who shave themselves n' -,
a set of razors-one for each day III W. -.
week. The more expensive the la" 49,.
the more capricious is the hner.ss ao,
pered::steel blade. AS rule a ne" S's ~,
is not as profitable as well-temp'. I'D
old one, and BARRIERS declare tn''
breaking in of q razor is 9 mA's'
skill as important as the training Il
colt. Once ascertained the temper y,1
razor can always be relied on
York Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23


end to further muscular activity,
though the muscles themselves may be
far from exhaustion A. Sargent,
III. d.. In Stribncr's Magazine.
TIE FIXING SHIP IND THE MODERN
YACHT.
It's great sharpness of build and fine
sheer [of the ancient viking ship dis
covered in Norway gave to it model
which does not suffer in comparison
with that of the Galatea, or the best of
the yachts used on the English coast
for sailing in deep waters. 1t had the
advantage, however, of flattened bot
tom amidships, which must have Sc
cured to it much greater steadiness
than the English cutters; something,
in fact, between the cutter and the flat,
keeless boat of the center-board type
suggesting at once the model of MIR.
Burgess latest design, the Volunteer.
The peculiar method of attaching the
rudder to the side of the stern, which
is best understood from the illustra-
tions, afforded manifest advantages for
shipping and unshipping, but did not
admit Of as prompt IN effect as does
the adjustment of the modern rudder.
From the height Of the PORTFOLIOS cut
in the sides to receive the oars, it is
certain that the oarsmen rowed in
sitting posture, as we see them on the
Bayeux tapestry, and on the Haggeby
stone in Sweden. The merchant-ves-
sells were not fitted with portfolios for
oars and had no flooring on the beams,
80 that the Gokstad vessel could only
have been war-s]lir, especially as she
was fitted for sailing also, and carried
at least three small boats, indicating
large crew. Besides, a trader would
never have been thought of for burial.
1t was without doubt, then, individual
property, belonging to some prominent
chieftain; and must have carried from
seventy to eighty men, for the frag-
ments indicate that there were thirty
two shields and sixteen pairs Of oars,
and as two men were necessary to
handle one oar Of this size, the rowers
alone must have been sixtyfour in
number. John s. White, LID, IN
Scribner's Magasine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

A WILLIAMSBURG physician says
there's money in his coughera-HVN.
!amspor. Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

in sufficient quantities to meet the de-
mands Of the organism under these try
ing circumstances, there soon comes an
end to further muscular activity,
though the muscles themselves may be
far from exhaustion.-D. A. Sargent.
III. d., In Scribner's Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

A CHILD who sees deceit aroun0
will rarely make an honorable mAu'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

The greatest misfortune of all is not
to be able to bear misfortune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05
u

COUNTY OVERNAENI.
We take it for granted, says the
Raleigh News and Obseru.r, that
the Democratic Senate will put a
ouietus on the matter of a repeal OF
the County Government system
which the House seems disposed TO
enact into law. There a be no
two ways of thinking of the matter
within Democratic ranSs. The
maintenance of the present system
is demanded by the Democratic par
ty as a measure OF protection TO the
best interests OF the East and
through that section of the whole
State. It's repeal would entail in,
calculable injury upon every section,
The revolutionary tendency OF the
Republican majority in the House
with respect to it must be rehuked
promptly and emphatically.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05

1t is the duty of every person
who has used BoSchee'S German
SYr7p to let its wonderful qualities
be known to their friends i'll curing
Consumption. severe Coughs, Group,
Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact all
throat aud lung Diseases. No per
sou can Use it without immediate re
lief. Three doses will relieve any
case, and We consider it the duty OF
all Druggists TO recommend it TO
The poor, dying consutnptive, at least
to Try one bottle, as 50 1000 dozen
bottles were SID last year, and no
one case where II tailed was report
ed. Such a medicine as the Gernaun
Syrup cauuot be 100 widely known.
Ask Your druggist about II. Sam
tile bottles to try. Sold al ID cents.
Regular SIZE, - cents. Sod by al,
Druggists anil Dealers, in the United
States aud Canada.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05
president Cleveland has al


proved the Mexican pension bill.
The State Board OF Health
reports the sanitary condition of the
Jails in North Carolina as bad.
There are ninety jails in the State.
Six counties have none. 1t is esti-
mated that there are at least $50
prisoners confined in the iails, and
in most cases they are subject to
diseases incidental TO i'll ventilated
and badly constructed prisons.
"A special to the Chicago
Times from Omaha, Nebraska, says
dispatches from Fremont, North
Bend and other points within a
radius of one hundred miles west Of
this city, report that the people
were very much startled about s
o'clock on the evening of The 9th
OF January, by what is supposed 10
have been a severe earthquake
shock. A loud rumbling of the
earth was p%erceptible for several
seconds, and buildings rocked in a
~violen. No disturbance
whatever vas p%crceptlble at this
point.
- Webster'S Weekly, Reldsville
n. c., says There are a few bills
introduced in the Legislature fol
the repeating of the stock law il
various counties. We do not favor
this. The law has scarcely been il
operation long enough TO test it:
virtue. While there is a large mi
nority that oppose the present sys
teri, we believe that they have th,
wisdom L" tOresee that a return tC
the old way would result in almos
ruin To- large numbers of farmers
They have not the rails, timber ant
time 10 rebuild their fences. w,
are confident that We reprcsen
nearly the unanimous sentiment o
Rockingham county when We adyo
cate the retention OF the preSen
stock Jaw.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05
THE ART OF APPEARING
WE'LL.

There is nothing upon which al
woman expends more thought, time
and expenses than in her endeavor,
TO appea we'll in public. There is
nothing more attractive in the world
than a healthy glow of cheek, a we'll
rounded torn and an elastic step in
a N Ornaments and decora-
,ions look out of place on a person
of pale face, fragile form and languid
movement. These things may cover
some defects, but there is an absence
of 1.-The eternal Fitness of things"
There are hundreds of ladies whose
lives are ebbing slowly away, and
leaving them wrecks of their for
mer selves" who might be saved
from this diving death" by the use
OF that invigorating tonic, Swifts
Specific. There are q number of the
finest looking ladies in Atlanta to-
day who a few years ago were per
feet physical wrecks, but whose
health has been restored by this
wonderful remedy. No one who
looks upon their magnificent forms
and cheerful c~ountenances to day
would suspicion that these we're the
parties who a few months ago were
praying to die /; but it is SO. The,
are ready to admit that Swift
Specific saved their lives and saved
them from untold suferings. On
of them remarked recently that Il
it had not been tor the S. 5. 5. toni,
l would have been in my grave be
fore now" Mrs. J, +. Bradley. o
Detroit, Mich, says: Every bot,l
Of S, S. S. is worth a thousand time
) its weight in gold Mrs. Sarah /
Turner, Of Tennessee, says: rs. S. S
snatcbed me from the grave when
was dying" Mrs. E. j. Cosnahar
OF Richmond,V Va, says IS. S. 5
:. saved me from the grave" Mr.
Elizabeth Baker, Of Georgia, sal
; Even VanderbiIt's money could II,
buy what s. S. 5. has done for me
Capitol, atlanta, Ga.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Di
eases mailed tree.
0 The Swift Specific Co., Drawer
Atlanta, Ga.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05

PROBABLY no II thing has caused
sncn a general revival eff trade at
Hayes Drug Store as his giving
away 10 hts customers # 50 many
tree TRIAL bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. HIS
trade is simply enormous in this
very valuable article from the fact
thai | always cures and never dis
apro'n,s. Coughs, Colds, Asthma.
Bronchitis, Group. and all throa, and
lung diseases quickly cured, You
can tv-:It het"te buying Ly getting
q trial bottle tree, large a,ze 81.
Every bottle warranted For sale
by W. y. Hayes, Druggist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05
DARBYS ~PROPYLACTIC
FLUID.

Use it in every sick-roon. Will
keep the atmosphere pure aud
wholesome removing all bad odorS
from any source.
Will destroy all Disease Germs,
Infection from all Fe,ers aud all
contagious diseases.
The eminent physician, J. Marion
SIMS, of New York, says: II am
convil ced that Prot. Darbys Proph.
vlac,ic Fluid is a most valuable dis.
lnteclant."
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05
4 DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as Administrator of
tic estate of Vina Mayo, deceased.
hereby notify all persons indebted to
said estate TO make immediate payment.
anil all persons having claims against
said estate must present them properly
authenticated to the undersigned with
In one year from this date, or this no
tice will be plea6 in bar of their re-
covery. This 18th day Of Dec. 1886.
STEPHEN +. FORREST,
Administrator.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-02-05

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l.-Mr. Ray.
mond Belmont, son OF August Bel
mont the we'll known banker, shot
himself about l O'Clock this moru-
ing, and died a few minutes alter,
the bullet entering his brain. The
bullet passed clear through the skull.
entering at the right side OF the
head aud coming out at the left
The night Waterman, with him a,
the time. said the shooting was acct
dental, but the says all tie
indications point to suicide.